The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announced Android XR The most important news of the week, and one of the most important of the whole year, has been the official announcement by Google of Android XR. Google has entered the field, bringing new validation to XR, and also new competition in the space.

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VRScout

MAY 20, 2019

Earlier today, Google announced the latest addition to its Google Glass hardware line-up with Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2. Here’s a detailed spec breakdown of the Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 headset: SoC — Qualcomm Quad Core, 1.7GHz, 10nm. Image Credit: Google. Weight — 46g (pod).

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AR Insider

MAY 24, 2021

This week, we dive into Snap’s new AR Spectacles, Google I/O takeaways and Digilens’ new reference frames. Digilens introduces new reference design for stand-alone AR Smartglasses. The post Spatial Beats: Snap, Google & Digilens appeared first on AR Insider. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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VRScout

MAY 8, 2018

Google VR becomes Google AR & VR as the company uses its annual I/O event to tease a new wave of augmented technology. Google wasted no time at this years Google I/O Developer Conference , diving head first into some truly jaw dropping projects that are making their way to our devices.

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Road to VR

JUNE 30, 2020

Google unveiled a method of capturing and streaming volumetric video, something Google researchers say can be compressed down to a lightweight format capable of even being rendered on standalone VR/AR headsets. If you’re looking for more examples of Google’s volumetric video, you can check them out here.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Notably, Samsung hasn’t released a VR product since the launch of the PC VR headset Odyssey+.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. What is relevant about this piece of news is that Google has just confirmed its strong commitment to augmented reality. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official

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VRScout

AUGUST 8, 2019

Live View, a new navigation feature that adds AR overlays to the Google Maps experience, has officially begun rolling out on iOS and a wider variety of Android devices. Referred to as VPS (Visual Positioning System), this new system uses GPS to locate a rough position of your phone. Image Credit: Google Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

More info (Official statement by Mark Zuckerberg) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Road To VR) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Upload VR) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — Yahoo Finance) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — CNN) Other relevant news Google is discontinuing Glass It’s the end of an era.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Note: Samsung and Google aren’t yet sharing any key details for this headset like resolution, weight, field-of-view, or price. Hands-on With Samsung Project Moohan Android XR Headset Image courtesy Google Starting from the Project Moohan hardwareit’s a good-looking device, no doubt. We went hands on with an early version.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A VPS system detecting visual features in the surrounding environment (Image by Google) VPS stands for Visual Positioning System. GPS together with the sensors on the phone is all that we need to orient ourselves on a 2D map like Google Maps that we use every day. What is VPS? How do you develop an application using VPS?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Google) AI models to generate 3D scenes start to surface This week we had the announcement of two AI models dedicated to the generation of 3D worlds. These glasses should be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm and have a similar form factor to the successful Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In an effort to better perfect the Daydream experience, Google recently announcement an experimental 6DoF motion controller devkit designed specifically for 6DoF headsets operating on the Daydream platform, which currently consists of solely the Mirage Solo. Image Credit: Google AR & VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 17, 2017

On stage at the company’s Google I/O 2017 developer conference today, the company announced that it is building standalone Daydream VR headsets. Google announced Daydream, their high-end Android VR platform at I/O last year, and then launched the Daydream View headset, which is powered by a snap-in smartphone, in late 2016.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2025

In a press statement , Vivo says the move comes as a broader push to pursue both robotics and XR devices, referring to Vivo Vision as “a significant milestone in vivo’s exploration of mixed reality technology.”

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2017

Google introduced Cardboard, their inexpensive VR solution to the world in 2014, producing a VR viewer enclosure for smartphones made from Cardboard. SEE ALSO Google Job Listings Point to New "Mass Production" AR/VR Hardware in the Pipeline.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The report maintains Xiaomi is planning to launch a new generation of AI-assisted smartglasses, which will be built in collaboration with Goertek, the China-based ODM behind a bevy of XR parts, reference designs, and finished white-label hardware. Much like the now defunct Google Glass, the device featured a single heads-up display.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Earlier this year, Clay Bavor, VP of VR/AR at Google, revealed a “secret project” to develop a VR-optimised OLED panel capable of 20 megapixels per eye. The post Google is Developing a VR Display With 10x More Pixels Than Today’s Headsets appeared first on Road to VR. I’ve seen these in the lab, and it’s spectacular.

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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Google, you have something that I want. Don't Miss: Star Wars Baby Yoda Unofficially Comes to Magic Leap via This Developer Experiment Now, if you search Google for either his colloquial label or his proper canon name, or even "The Child" as he was previously referred.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Qualcomm’s new reference design is wireless. Qualcomm has released its latest reference design for AR glasses and it features an important new feature. If all the previous reference designs were about smartphone-tethered glasses, this new one is totally wireless. Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

Google assists CyArk in saving our heritage by preserving the wonders of the world in VR. In an effort to help capture and preserve endangered historical sites around the world for future generations to enjoy, Google has teamed up with 3D laser-scanning non-profit CyArk to virtually catalogue the world’s most at-risk historical wonders.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

Google’s team at Daydream Labs have been prototyping ways of animating objects and characters in Blocks , the company’s recently released VR modelling tool. Olson references the creative app Mindshow that embraces this ‘puppeteering’ technique, due to launch into open beta soon.

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VRScout

MAY 10, 2022

Using a pair of Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 smart glasses, a clinical team of Pennard vets working out of Sevenoaks was able to broadcast audio and video to a group of Vet CT specialists tuning in remotely from Kent, London. “We Google Glass offers vets a way to communicate with specialists while keeping their hands free to operate.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2020

SPACES works by creating a virtual camera showing the user in their virtual environment which can then be connected to existing platforms like Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skype, and Facebook Messenger. We tested Zoom, Google Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, and Skype. “SPACES creates a virtual webcam that most software can see and use.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Always see chart date for context, and refer to newer data if applicable. But could greater impact come from the biggest ad giant of all: Google? As part of Swirl’s global launch, Google revealed a few proof points on its performance from early partners and beta participants. That cycle starts with Google building the tools.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

The approach chosen by Meta is similar to the one that Google promised to take with Android XR. There have been discovered references to controllers with the model number ET-OI610. This will let Google enrich its content library pretty fast. This means that Samsung wont go all-in with hand tracking like Apple did.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We expect Palm’s 5 million active user estimate includes only fully-featured VR headsets like PSVR, Quest, and PC VR, but not older and more limited headsets like Oculus Go and Google Cardboard. The post Resolution Games Estimates VR Has 5 Million Active Users appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Further references. Further references. Further references. Further references. Further references. Futher references. There are also some rumors about Half-Life: Alyx coming for PSVR 2, but nothing has been officially announced in this sense. With the Vive Tracker, this setup can become much more compact.

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VRScout

MARCH 7, 2023

Similar to Tamagotchi, the handheld digital pet released in 1996, the adorable-looking game tasks you with raising digital creatures, referred to as “Peridots” or “Dots,” from birth to adulthood. Those interested can pre-register now via the App Store and Google Play. For more information visit playperidot.com.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

First revealed at Google I/O 2017 developer conference, both HTC and Lenovo announced they were building standalone VR headsets for the Daydream platform. Both HTC and Lenovo standalone headsets are basing their work on Qualcomm’s ‘VRDK’ reference device, unveiled at Google I/O in May. image courtesy LetsGoDigital.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

It is curious that even after the launch, those devices keep many references to their previous internal names. Looking at the list of elements installed, many things already belong to the namespace com.oculus.horizon, that I think refers to this social world. Oculus Go was codenamed “Pacific”, instead. Oculus Assistant.

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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2020

The Verge has also retrieved information from a Google cache of developer portal pages which add additional details. . Along with several references to Oculus Touch and GearVR controllers, there’s also mention of an additional “Jedi” controller. Looks like a new Oculus headset is in the works? Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Original Article, Updated (11/13/17): Vive Focus is the name of the standalone mobile VR headset which was initially teased way back at Google I/O 2017 in May. Detailed specs like resolution, field of view, and battery life have not been revealed either, though HTC has noted that the display is AMOLED.

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VRScout

APRIL 24, 2019

Google’s latest experiment brings YouTube tutorials to life using AR. Designed by Jane Friedhoff and Google Creative Lab, Drawalong AR aims to simplify the creative process by projecting slightly-transparent AR renditions of YouTube art tutorials over your real-world sketchpad for a more comfortable, efficient educational activity.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

Over the last 12 months or so we’ve been keeping an eye on Google’s aggressive hiring for its AR/VR team which, among other things, suggested that the company was working on new “mass production” hardware that would go beyond the simple smartphone snap-in Daydream headsets. No pictures were allowed.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn’t tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. The answer may be Google, but only if it can commit. What we do know is the company is working with Google to provide software, and Qualcomm for its XR chip expertise.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 21, 2020

A fter launching in 2017, Google’s ARCore has been relatively quiet. Google reports this week that ARCore has surpassed one billion installs. This refers to the Google Play Services for AR app in Google’s Play Store. Google wants maximum reach for the benefits that AR can bring its core search business.

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